The Color of News: How Different Media Have Covered the General Election

Newspapers, in turn, devoted less space to policy stories than any other media sector during these six weeks of the general election period. Policy coverage made up 13% of newspaper stories compared to 20% of all campaign coverage in all outlets. Full Story »

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by Derek Hawkins - Oct. 29, 2008

Amid claims of media bias toward both candidates, Journalism.org's report sheds much needed light on the tone of election coverage in TV news. Grounded in a representative study and supported by ample statistical evidence, this gives a clear picture of how the major news networks have treated the candidates in their various newscasts. I would have liked to see how the tone of coverage related to the number of viewers for a particular newscast. Well presented and very fair.

There are bound to be those who say, 'I don't care what the numbers indicate, I know that this network is biased against my candidate for such and such..." I fear that kind of intellectual laziness pervading in an election this polarized.

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